Gorilla has today announced it has been named Best Product for Energy & Utilities at the 2026 SaaS Awards, recognising its work helping energy retailers to navigate growing market complexity and make faster, more informed commercial decisions.

The award comes as energy retailers across the UK and Europe face a fundamentally different operating environment to years gone by. Persistent volatility, increasingly sophisticated products and propositions, growing volumes of data and pressure on margins are making it harder for firms to maintain a timely, consistent understanding of commercial performance.

Gorilla is addressing that challenge head-on through its Energy Margin Intelligence (EMI) model: connecting pricing, trading, risk, consumption, settlements and finance data to give energy retailers a shared view of what is driving profitability and enable better decisions across the business.

Ruben Van den Bossche, CEO and co-founder of Gorilla, said: ‘Winning Best Product for Energy & Utilities means a great deal because we’ve built Gorilla specifically around the complexity of this industry. 

‘Energy retailers are being asked to make more sophisticated commercial decisions, at greater speed, in markets that rarely stand still. Our job is to give them the intelligence they need to understand what is happening to margin, why it is happening and what they can do about it.’

He added: ‘This recognition belongs as much to our customers and partners as it does to the Gorilla team and our technology, as they continue to push us to rethink what is possible in energy retail.’

Now in its tenth year, the international SaaS Awards celebrates innovation and excellence across the global software-as-a-service industry. Entries from organisations around the world are assessed by an independent panel of international industry experts, with awards recognising outstanding technology across a broad range of sectors and applications.

The recognition also comes as the industry begins to explore the next generation of AI-enabled decision-making. For Gorilla, the opportunity presented by AI begins with strong commercial foundations: connected data, consistent definitions and a clear understanding of commercial performance. Energy Margin Intelligence provides that foundation, enabling retailers to move from understanding performance to acting on it and, increasingly, towards governed automation.

James Williams, CEO of The Cloud Awards, congratulated the 2026 winners for demonstrating excellence in an increasingly competitive software market, highlighting reliability, demonstrable ROI and execution among the qualities technology buyers now demand.

The SaaS Awards is operated by The Cloud Awards, an international awards organisation recognising innovation across cloud computing, SaaS, cloud security, artificial intelligence and financial technology. Winners are selected by a panel of international industry experts.